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In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[ā ]
1969Jason Bateman, American actor, director, and producer[ā ]
Jason Kent Bateman is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Michael Bluth in the Fox / Netflix sitcom Arrested Development (2003ā2019) and Marty Byrde in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017ā2022), as well as for his work in numerous comedy films. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
1969Martin Bicknell, English cricketer[ā ]
Martin Paul Bicknell is a former English cricketer. He played in four Test matches, with the last two, against South Africa in 2003, coming ten years after the first two in the 1993 Ashes series. England had played 114 matches between his appearances, a record. He was considered most unlucky to be constantly overlooked for selection in home Test matches when constantly proving himself a prolific wicket taker in county cricket.
1969Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer[ā ]
David Eric Grohl is an American musician. He founded the rock band Foo Fighters, of which he is the lead singer, guitarist, principal songwriter, and only consistent member. From 1990 to 1994, he was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana.
1969USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USSĀ Enterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people.[ā ]
The 1969 USS Enterprise fire was a major fire and series of explosions that broke out aboard USSĀ Enterprise on January 14, 1969, off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. After a Zuni rocket detonated under a plane's wing, the ensuing fire touched off more munitions, blowing holes in the flight deck that allowed burning jet fuel to enter the ship. The blaze killed 28 sailors, injured 314, and destroyed 15 aircraft. The cost of replacing the aircraft and repairing the ship topped $126Ā million. Even graver damage was likely prevented by improvements made after the similar 1967 USS Forrestal fire.
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jury selection begins; Cooper tells prospective jurors that defense will not deny that Sirhan killed Kennedy; line of questioning is seen confirming predictions that defense will try to prove 'diminished responsibility' or 'capacity'; Calif precedents have been set that a defendant may have been in such state of mind at time an act was committed as to have prevented 'mature' consideration necessary to prove 'malice aforethought'; Walker rejects defense motion to set aside petit jury panel as improperly constituted
Sec Wirtz says NYC has worst adm problems of any antipoverty program, hopes programs in rest of country will not be endangered by disclosures in NY Times of corruption and inefficiency in NYC
SAS: 4 killed, 13 missing as DC-8 with 45 aboard crashes into Pacific 8 mi off Los Angeles on flight from Copenhagen; map
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Federal arms-control agents posing as black-market buyers seized a large quantity of stolen United States Army weapons and ammunition in suburban New Jersey last night.
Johnson given testimonial dinner dance attended by 400 prominent guests, NYC; in s he says that what really matters is not ultimate judgment of history but whether his Adm changed for better way people live; Gov N A Rockefeller presents him with collection of 21 essays praising Adm achievements, each one written by prominent person in field; quotations from some; illus of Johnson, wife and daughter Luci Nugent arriving at hotel; of unbound essays and tributes
US Sup Ct upholds const of NYS rules requiring clients who inherit real estate or receive ins benefits or personal injury awards to repay welfare benefits; 5 clients who challenged recovery rules had contended that rules hindered efforts of recipients to become self-supporting; clients were backed by ACLU and NYU Law School Soc Welfare Project
Harriman, starting wk-long round of farewell appearances, stresses US objectives are limited, s, luncheon; hopes Amer people will 'not be talking about winning war'; wishes Lodge and rest of new team well; expresses confidence solution will be found; US official says enemy has assumed 'a most rigid posture' making chances for compromise remote; S Vietnamese delegation scores Hanoi's stance; Vance confs with Pham Dang Lam
Adm sources rept Johnson will recommend extension in full; it is unclear whether he has recd endorsement of stand from Nixon; Cong members greet Johnson plan warmly; Sen J J Williams and Repr Byrnes, senior Repute on tax-writing coms, approve stand; eventualities that could influence Nixon to propose lower rate or expiration of tax cited
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